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From otters to butterflies: How Minnesota became a pioneer in nongame wildlife conservation
By Kyrmyzy Turebayeva
In the late 1970s, when most wildlife conservation programs in the United States focused almost exclusively on game species, a quiet but historic shift began in Minnesota. It was here that one of the nation’s first state programs dedicated to protecting so-called nongame wildlife emerged from butterflies and bats to bald eagles and river otters. That story is now told in detail by Carrol Henderson in his new book, “A National Legacy: Fifty Years of Nongame Wildlife Conservation in Minnesota.”
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A 15-Ton Rooftop Heat Pump Is Coming For Your Fossil Fuels
New, commercial-scale, energy efficient rooftop heat pumps will hit the US market within the next two years, cutting costs and emissions, too.
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Grey and Bruce counties agree on skills for health board members
Grey and Bruce counties have agreed to a series of skills and attributes public health board members will collectively bring to a reconstituted board. The special advisors appointed to oversee the province’s intervention at Grey Bruce Public Health announced in an update on Friday that the counties had reached a final agreement on a skills […]
Peak Oil Is Not Dead: Reviewing the IEA’s World Energy Outlook for 2025
A month ago, media all over the internet went crazy repeating the following headline (or a similar one) over and over: “IEA scraps Peak Oil, says oil demand will continue growing until 2050.” All this oil-positive hype was a result of the IEA’s World Energy Outlook for 2025. This report … [continued]
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380,000+ Oppose Trump Administration Effort to Roll Back Endangered Species Act Protections
Proposed rules would undermine nation’s most successful conservation law Washington D.C. — More than 380,000 Americans, including 17,000 Sierra Club supporters, submitted comments in opposition to a set of proposed rules from the Trump administration that would roll back protections for imperiled animal and plant species across the United States and undermine … [continued]
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